Asia in Pictures

Updated Jan. 14, 2013 11:27 p.m. ET

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A Hindu holy man at the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganges rivers in Allahabad, India, Monday. The Kumbh Mela festival, which takes place every 12 years, draws millions of Hindu pilgrims; led by naked, ash-covered holy men, they stream into the sacred rivers to cleanse sins and bestow blessings.
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As Beijing endured its worst air pollution in recent memory, hundreds of children with respiratory illnesses flooded Beijing Children's Hospital Monday.
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A ceremony in Tokyo marking Monday's Coming of Age Day—when ceremonies are held across the country for those who have reached the age of 20—took place under the first snowstorm of the season.
Yuya Shino/Reuters…

A child at play in a Yangon slum Monday.
Minzayar/Reuters…

A truck driver waiting for the reopening of the Line of Control trade center on the Indian side of the Chakan Da Bagh crossing into Pakistan Monday.
Channi Anand/Associated Press…

Students crossing Indonesia's Solo River Monday; there is no bridge between their homes and their school.
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